Effects of Incentive spirometer on pulmonary functions in the patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Diseases of th respiratory system
- Registration Number
- KCT0000051
- Lead Sponsor
- Asan Medical Center
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 46
Inclusion Criteria
1) Diagnosis of Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) according to the modified New York criteria
2) Patients taked anti-TNF treatment and maintained clinically stable state (BASDAI < 4)
3) Be sedentary (defined as participation in no routine exercise activities)
Exclusion Criteria
1) Inability or unwillingness to participate in physiotherapy
2) Patients with cardiac or respiratory disease (esp, Interstitial lung disease, asthma, COPD)
3) Pregnancy
4) Patients who had been exercising regularly during the past six months
5) The current user of MTX, sulfasalzine, steroid is excluded
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Forced vital capacity
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Chest expansion;BASDAI (Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index);BASFI (Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index);FEV1 and FEV1/FVC (forced expiratory volume in one second/forced vital capacity);TLC (total lung capacity) and VC (vital capacity);6 minutes walk test